1. from appearances alone; - Example: "irrigation often produces bumper crops from apparently desert land"- Example: "the child is seemingly healthy but the doctor is concerned"- Example: "had been ostensibly frank as to his purpose while really concealing it"-Thomas Hardy- Example: "on the face of it the problem seems minor"[syn: apparently, seemingly, ostensibly, on the face of it]

2. unmistakably (`plain' is often used informally for `plainly'); - Example: "the answer is obviously wrong"- Example: "she was in bed and evidently in great pain"- Example: "he was manifestly too important to leave off the guest list"- Example: "it is all patently nonsense"- Example: "she has apparently been living here for some time"- Example: "I thought he owned the property, but apparently not"- Example: "You are plainly wrong"- Example: "he is plain stubborn"[syn: obviously, evidently, manifestly, patently, apparently, plainly, plain]